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Beijiing factory visits

It appears that certain factory visits ae a requirement of all China tours. In the Beijing area we visited the BinBin cloisonne and silk carpet factories. Actually, both were quite interesting, contrary to our initial expectations. 

At the cloisonné factory everyone could try their hand at the painting. The results were mixed!

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Beijing area factory visits


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the gound powder enamels used in cloisonne

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one of the factory artisans applying the enamel with an eye dropper

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the firing furnace

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Barb and her sister trying their hand at applying enamel

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Barb's result (we only had a short time)

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some of the large pieces in the factory store

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weavers at the silk carpet factory

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lady weaving

silk carpet

the same silk carpet viewed from positions 180 degrees apart


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